The Lagos State House of Assembly has lauded the former governor of the state, Sen. Bola Tinubu for officially endorsing Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat for second term in office. The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and Strategies, Mr Setonji David, made this known...
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Tinubu Vanguard, a political support group, says the exit of Mr Abdulmumin Jubrin from the All Progressives Congress (APC) poses no threat to its mandate. The Director-General (D-G) of Tinubu Vanguard, Dr Johnny Benjamin, in a statement on Sunday, said Jubrin’s decision to quit the APC was personal and...
Ideas Nigeria Movement (INM) says calls by various persons and associations for Mr Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to resign his position is baseless. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INM is a group of Nigerians with a focus on national...
A member of the Bola Tinubu Campaign Organisation, says resignation of its Campaign Director General (DG) Alhaji Abdulmumin Jibrin from membership of the APC, has nothing to do with Sen. Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant of the party. The Source who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called for the immediate arrest and investigation of the Governor of the Central Bank, Dr Godwin Emefiele, for violating public service rules by way of his alleged involvement in the race for the 2023 presidency in the All Progressives Congress. The PDP’s National Publicity...
Bishop David Oyedepo, the presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel, worldwide, has said he will not be contesting for the presidency in the 2023 elections. Oyedepo said vying to be Nigeria’s president is a demotion to him, adding that he’s called for a...
Former Vice-president Atiku Abubakar on Saturday visited Abeokuta to seek the support of Ogun delegates ahead of the May 28 presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku met with PDP leaders, including governorship aspirant, Mr Ladi Adebutu and the state party chairman, Mr Sikirullahi Ogundele, at the...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Godwin Emefiele, has dispelled widespread rumours that he would be contesting for office of the president in the 2023 general elections . This is coming on the heels of widespread, diverse reactions to his purported purchase of the All...
…Says God forbid that such legacy would continue By EMEKA CHIKWE, Yenegoa – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said it is bewildering that most presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress are pledging to continue the “good works” of President Muhammadu Buhari. Wike queried, “The good...
By THOMAS AKASE, Markudi – Ahead of the next years’ general elections, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged presidential aspirants on the platform of the PDP to maintain peace and harmony among them as they carry on with their campaigns. Governor Ortom made the appeal on Friday...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A passionate team of support groups and individual Nigerians from across the country has raised funds for the purchase of APC nomination forms for the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s 2023 Presidential bid. The Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Vice President, Mr. Laolu...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) got its first female presidential aspirant on Thursday as Ms Uju Ohanenye, bought the party’s Expression of Interest and Nomination forms in Abuja. She told newsmen after picking the forms that male aspirants in the race would not succeed in intimidating her. “My fear...
Pastor Tunde Bakare, Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (formerly Latter Rain Assembly) has picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination forms. Addressing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja after paying for the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms, Bakare said he would change the country’s narrative...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday picked his All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the 2023 presidential election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sen. Kabiru Gaya, Chairman of the umbrella body for Yemi Osinbajo Support Groups, The Progressives Project (TPP) led...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says he is the most prepared of all aspirants in the 2023 presidential election. Osinbajo made the submission on Thursday in Yenagoa when he paid a courtesy visit to the Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers in continuation of his consultations ahead of the 2023 presidential...
Sen. Ken Nnamani, an All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, says it will amount to injustice for the party to jettison zoning in the 2023 general elections. He said this on Thursday in Abuja shortly after picking his Nomination and Expression of Interest form for the 2023 presidential race....
The apex socio-political organisation in the Southeast, the Ohaneze Ndigbo, declared on Thursday that no politician of Southeast extraction should accept to be running mate to any presidential candidate in 2023. President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor made the declaration at the Imeobi Ohaneze Ndigbo meeting in Enugu....
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has stated that failure to allow the Southeast produce the next president of Nigeria will spell doom. The group vehemently kicked against any moves by northern political elites to retain the presidency beyond 2023 when President Muhammadu Buhari will leave the Presidential...
A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday denied betraying Asiawju Bola Tinubu, saying the office of the President is not an inheritance. Fayemi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), spoke in Abuja during an interview on Channels Television’s...
Former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has declared his intention to run for the seat of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Speaking during a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, Oshiomhole said he will appropriately tax the rich to provide amenities for the poor. “It is...